Hardy Roses for Cold Climates

[@lorip2109]

So many beautiful choices. Thank you Jason.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching

[@reneedevry4361]

I love roses and plan to order your beautiful Kazanlik Damask next spring by mail order. I did not discover you until it was too late to order this year. I have had most of the Explorer Roses over the years and love rugosa too. I no longer have land of my own and garden for others but people are often wimpy about thorns😂 We used to have an amazing Rose nursery just west of Ottawa but he retired years ago. Sadly he was unable to compete with the Loblaws and Canadian Tire roses🥺 I miss him still. Great video thank you👍 🥰🥰🇨🇦

[@MyFocusVaries]

I had a lovely Canadian Explorer pink climber that I gifted to my niece who had a more sunny spot than I had available. So lovely.

[@andyjack89]

Thank you Jason! Canadian climate here in the lower 48- so much help and guidance

[@jimkocherful]

It turns out I have two of these already from my local garden center here in zone five, Iceberg and Pavement. The Isabella Skinner looks like something I would also like, glad you mentioned it.

[@donnamack6797]

Isabelle Skinner is amazing. I have 2 and they grow to a self supporting height of about 8 feet, bloom repeatedly and have a lovely scent. I strongly recommend it.

[@HoustonKeith72]

Great to see you Jason!

[@rose_gardener]

Rose's hardiness is a very complex subject. I grow around 100 varieties of roses in Canadian Zone 4a. Most roses that are supposed to be hardy to my Zone suffer winter damage. And even roses rated hardy to Zone 3 sometimes don't overwinter very well. After many trials and errors with hardy roses, I came to the conclusion that I would rather grow roses that I like with winter protection than cold-hardy roses that often are less attractive. I also plant roses deeper, and if I don't have time to protect them all for the winter (I have around 200 plants:), I let them die to the ground, and they regrow. But your video has inspired me to try a few more cold-hardy roses:) 💖🌹

[@jomassey4207]

Lovely variety and good to know how hardy they are too.😊

[@loganpirie4387]

One of the things I really like about hardier roses is the early start in the spring. Mine seem to wake up a lot faster than some of the zone 6 roses.

[@BrightestBlessings7899]

Beautiful! Thank you! So gorgeous!

[@calvinsmyth]

William Baffin is a beautiful beast of a rose.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

It sure is!

[@Buckwest52]

Therese Bugnet is a beautiful rose and probably the hardiest of all garden roses. Bred in northern Alberta it is tough enough for southern Yukon, but also thrives in any garden.

[@georgedobler7490]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@michellewelch6013]

I wish I lived there, so pretty.

[@uma7894]

I’m not in a cold climate by any stretch (subtropical Australia) but I am growing a couple roses you mentioned. Iceberg does pretty well in the heat as well as the cold and I have recently got rose de rescht, not sure it will love the heat but I’ll try to keep it happy.

[@clannadgirl46]

I have Jacque Cartier and rose de Rescht! Also, Rosarie de la hay, kazalink and Isaphan. One of my favorites is Apothecary rose here in Georgia USA

[@gfutube1]

Thanks

[@geraldinefields1730]

Thank you.

[@iowaclassic]

I bought a Harisson's Yellow a few years ago and I thought it died. Probably it was a little snack for the deer. This summer I noticed some yellow blooms and there it was. Surviving in zone 4 slightly arid environment with absolutely no help whatsoever. I'm wanting to try Kazanlik and Stanwell Perpetual next year. This year I purchased Darlow's enigma, we'll see how it goes.

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

Great info! Greetings from the east, Larry

[@remaxintegrityrealty]

Great choices and descriptions, thank you. Any tips on winterizing them?

[@mikufukasaku7356]

Some of the Griffith Buck Roses are hardy down to the USDA 4 or 5. I just moved to Chicago. I will try to overwinter my quietness roses with a container. I know I have to do some protection though.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks - yes, the Buck roses are a good call!

[@martanna7239]

Beautiful roses! Perhaps you could include info regarding resistance to fungus and pest.

[@dao8805]

Thank you for this from a subscriber who lives in zone 3b USA (central MN) . Isabella Skinner looks like it would be perfect for my arbor. As far a a rose I would recommend to others I can confidently vouch for Hope for Humanity, a Canadian-bred rose that is a dependable repeat bloomer of rich red roses that's beauty belies it's toughness through harsh winters and dry summers without any help, and seems impervious to disease and pests. A neighbor has Morden Blush which flowers profusely but is plagued by gray bugs that have to be sprayed off daily with a solution of water and dish soap. It's beautiful when its not smothered in bugs but I will pass on the extra work required to keep those gross insects under control. The Knock Out series has been marketed in the U.S. for quite a few years and was rated to zone 3 when I bought one soon after it was introduced but it did not survive the winter. I just saw some at my local garden center and they all looked terrible. Based on what I have seen and experienced, I would not recommend the Knock Out series.

[@donnamack6797]

Unfortunately rugosa roses are decimated by Japanese beetles in my climate so they don't rebloom. I have 2 Isabelle Skinner because it's amazing. It's a self supporting climber that blooms its brains out. I have all three of the Portlands you mentioned. I love them all because they are amazingly recurrent. Sidonie is the most recurrent. Oscar Peterson was an astonishing surprise. It's never out of bloom is compact and requires no care. And of course Quadra. I grow it up a telephone pole in front of my house. It's essentially never out of bloom and is easy to train. Great ideas as always!

[@gwbuilder5779]

I remember the Kennedy and Perkins roses of yesteryear along with the Portlands. Funny how the names change, but the roses just keep being what they are. In my experience the Portland varieties are quite hardy to the sub zero temps for short periods of time, but definitely not hardy enough for the harsher Northern states Alaska and most of Canada (except the coastal areas). Portland and the Rogue area do get cold, but only a couple of weeks in those sub zero temps. However, I do know a few people who have them in Northern states (own root varieties I believe). I'm sure the suppliers could provide those important details. Great varieties Jason! I'm thinking about the old roses just for natural rugged survival, but not right now because hurricanes are much too fun.🤙

[@pandora9015]

Thank you for listing all these cold hardy roses! On a similar topic, would you like to share some roses that bloom late in the season? I’m in New York, and many of my roses stop blooming in October. I hope to find some that can bloom much later in the season.

[@michellemcguire5379]

Wonderful presentation Jason. We live in Zone 5 Western New York. We are your neighbors to the North! What David Austins could you recommend Thank you😊

[@miso144]

hi, i really appriciate yr tutorials, but i have a question, i live in cardiff south wales and want to grow Glorie de Dijon, and have the perfect sunny wall to grow up, I have never growen this rose and you have an extensive knowledge of these heritage roses, i found a book that intrests me called Pictorial Practical Rose Growing (1902) Walter P. Wright, with a section on this very rose... and my question is.....has pruning techneques changed much and can the advice on this book still be relevent? I hope u can help and really enjoy yr work!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

It's probably about as instructive as anything. I'd say let it grow to full size and take a light hand on pruning for the first few seasons

[@LouiseBerg-y8e]

You mentioned the ‘Olds College’ shrub rose; is this available for purchase anywhere? I’m really loving the peachy colour AND it’s zone 3!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Great rose! I've seen it for sale at one wholesaler here in BC, but not widely in the industry. I hope that'll change.

[@rosemarythyme6351]

David Austin English roses grow prolific in my zone 4 garden.

[@christinewarnaar-bates3494]

Please also put in the Canadian equivalent to the USDA hardiness zones

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Thanks, but not something I can do. There's no straightforward way to translate between the USDA hardiness zone (which considers only minimum temps) and the Canadian system which also takes other regional conditions into account. So a rose that's hardy to USDA zone 4 might vary by a zone in either direction on the Canadian map. It's still a good starting point for comparison, but it's also kind of pointless to make a different climate zone system for Canada if the growers are still testing and stating the hardiness in terms of USDA. For roses we mainly go by the hardiness zone listed on Helpmefind - which only uses USDA hardiness zones.

[@elaineyakatan2310]

Hi Jason. I am in zone 6 b. US. Can I use these beautiful roses?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, pretty much everything on the list is hardier than zone 6

[@frankowen2815]

I have a hard time finding old roses. I'm in Missouri z 5b -6a, & I would love to have more old roses. Any ideas on the best place to purchase roses like these?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

I'd start with someplace like High Country or Rogue Valley roses (both mail order). I haven't bought from many of the US suppliers, but I've also heard about Antique Rose Emporium , Heirloom Roses, Angel Gardens, etc. There are loads of different US suppliers.

[@popandbob]

So many Rose varieties... so few commercially available! Kinda sad really that so few are commercially grown in the prairies so many people think Roses can't be grown well in Alberta when they absolutely can do well!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

You bet. One good supplier (aside from us, of course) is Corn Hill Nursery in NB - shipping across Canada, and focused on hardy varieties.

[@DallasLaxton]

Would these grow in Barriere BC I believe were zone 5

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes. In most cases I think I picked roses hardy to zone 5 or lower.

[@carmenbailey1560]

👍❤️🙂

[@kevinjamesparr552]

Note Koris just Kord in pronunciation

[@fkweaboos2759]

Does anyone know the name of the rose in the thumbnail? My rose bush looks awfully like the one in the thumbnail. I bought my mother this rose for mother's day a few years ago and I can't remember the name, it's been flourishing for like 3 years now in the summers with 8+ feet of snow crushing it in the winter some years. Extremely hardy.

[@fkweaboos2759]

I think it may be the henry kelsey but I am not sure.

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Yes, that's Henry Kelsey

[@Peterrdee]

are there roses that can’t do frost like a tropical rose or no? I thought most roses are hardy 😂

[@ClickinChicken]

I wish someone would hook me up with those hips. That sounds funny (panache) , but I'm serious. I would like to start them from seed, that's my style. Saved to watch later. Keep me in mind (Jason), or other viewers any help appreciated. Down the road. 😃 It's like Captain America here, Winter Soldier, ah during the hockey season. I guess my question would be where the heck do you get/buy the seeds for these cold varieties?

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

It's not so hard to find straight rosa rugosa seeds online - and in fact, I bet a lot of the "rainbow" (and other fancy pattern!) ebay and Amazon roses are simply rugosa after all. As for reputable suppliers, I did a quick google search and have bought seeds before from both Twining Vine Gardens and Trade Winds Fruit.

[@ClickinChicken]

@@FraserValleyRoseFarm THANKS.

[@kevinjamesparr552]

I find hunting rose around world is blocked by Canada who sell inside nation but sell only to Russia .